Gallery sets

Our work

Orange Hitachis, a CAT dozer, black tri-axles and our own quarry stone, sorted by the kind of job. Every set heading links to the page that explains how we run that work.

Demolition

Commercial and residential demolition

Houses, barns, cabins and burned-out buildings, steel and wood and concrete, taken down and hauled away.

House framing and siding coming down under an excavator bucket
House framing and siding coming down under an excavator bucket
Barn timbers pulled down in a teardown
Barn timbers pulled down in a teardown
Charred framing and debris from a burned building
Charred framing and debris from a burned building
Excavator working a lakeside teardown
Excavator working a lakeside teardown
Orange Hitachi on a demolition in the yard
Orange Hitachi on a demolition in the yard
Burnt steel and debris on a commercial demolition site, excavator at work
Burnt steel and debris on a commercial demolition site, excavator at work

Lakes and Ponds

Lake and pond building on soft ground

New basins dug to depth, shorelines shaped, and finished ponds with birch and willow along the banks.

Orange Hitachi standing in the pond it is digging, reflected in the water
Orange Hitachi standing in the pond it is digging, reflected in the water
Sand bank of a pond mid-dig
Sand bank of a pond mid-dig
Hitachi excavator shaping a pond shoreline in sand
Hitachi excavator shaping a pond shoreline in sand
Open pond basin cut to depth
Open pond basin cut to depth
Water standing in a newly cut pond basin
Water standing in a newly cut pond basin
Finished pond with birch along the bank
Finished pond with birch along the bank
Finished pond with willow at the water's edge
Finished pond with willow at the water's edge
Finished pond with a still edge and a spruce shoreline
Finished pond with a still edge and a spruce shoreline

Land Clearing

Land clearing and site prep

Lots cleared, stumps out, trenches cut. Three of our gallery sets sit inside this work.

Pine stand at the edge of cleared ground
Pine stand at the edge of cleared ground
Orange excavator on a sandy cleared pad, young birch behind
Orange excavator on a sandy cleared pad, young birch behind
Excavator digging a deep trench
Excavator digging a deep trench
Rows of sand and fill mounds on a field
Rows of sand and fill mounds on a field

Deer Plots

Topsoil stripped back on a cleared opening
Topsoil stripped back on a cleared opening

Laser Trenching

Laser rod and trench seen from inside the excavator cab
Laser rod and trench seen from inside the excavator cab
Trench cut across an open field
Trench cut across an open field

Wet Land Trenching

Trench cut through wet ground
Trench cut through wet ground

Roads

Road and driveway building

Gravel laid and graded for drives, camp roads and lakeside access, in summer and in snow.

Fresh gravel road running along a lake
Fresh gravel road running along a lake
Road base graded in snow
Road base graded in snow

Septic

Septic system installs

Laser-set grade, chambers and pipe on a sand bed, tanks in the hole, all before the backfill.

Leach-field chambers laid out on a sand bed, excavator behind
Leach-field chambers laid out on a sand bed, excavator behind
Laser level reading grade across a septic bed
Laser level reading grade across a septic bed
Septic drain field before backfill
Septic drain field before backfill
Distribution pipe set in gravel
Distribution pipe set in gravel
Concrete septic tank set in the hole
Concrete septic tank set in the hole

Tree Services

Tree trimming and removal

Trees lifted out whole with the grapple, stumps and roots pulled, the ground left clean.

Stump and roots pulled in the snow
Stump and roots pulled in the snow
Excavator grapple lifting a tree beside a lake
Excavator grapple lifting a tree beside a lake
Fallen tree with its root ball turned up
Fallen tree with its root ball turned up

Solar

Solar and geothermal installs

Trenching, racking and finished arrays on open fields and lawns.

Ground-mount solar array standing in a field
Ground-mount solar array standing in a field
Cable trench cut for a solar array
Cable trench cut for a solar array
Steel racking set for solar panels
Steel racking set for solar panels
Solar panels on a lawn array
Solar panels on a lawn array

Materials

Quarry stone, sand, topsoil and pipe

Gravel, fieldstone and screened topsoil, stocked from our own quarry and screening plant.

Piles of sorted gravel and stone at the quarry yard
Piles of sorted gravel and stone at the quarry yard
Fieldstone boulders stacked in the yard
Fieldstone boulders stacked in the yard
Topsoil screening plant with its conveyor and stockpile
Topsoil screening plant with its conveyor and stockpile

Equipment

The machines and trucks that do the work: Hitachi excavators, a CAT dozer and our own dump trucks.

CAT dozer with its blade up on cleared ground
CAT dozer with its blade up on cleared ground
CAT dozer in the yard
CAT dozer in the yard
Orange Hitachi excavator in a field
Orange Hitachi excavator in a field
Excavator lifting a boulder in its bucket and thumb
Excavator lifting a boulder in its bucket and thumb
Blue tri-axle dump trailer tipping a load of material
Blue tri-axle dump trailer tipping a load of material
Black OESCH EXCAVATING tri-axle dump truck
Black OESCH EXCAVATING tri-axle dump truck

Builds

Pads and sites prepared for what goes on top of them.

New Modular Home Sets

Modular home set on its prepared pad
Modular home set on its prepared pad
Graded pad for a pole barn
Graded pad for a pole barn

More sets in the gallery

  • Environmental Cleanup or Contaminated Soil
  • Basement Backfill
  • Drainage Repair
  • Landscaping
  • New Little Home

We do this work too. Tell us what is on your ground and ask for a free excavating estimate.

Got ground that needs work?

Call (989) 742-1003